Any petition, or any section of a petition, filed by any person other than the proponents of an initiative or referendum measure and with an intention of defeating an expression of the public will is null and void.
Cal. Elec. Code § 18671
Filing Petitions to Defeat an Initiative or Referendum
Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.
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